Improvement in shoemakers  edge-planes



N.FETERS. PHOTO-LITMUGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C uted tant' tutti @twine JOSEPH SANFORD, OF NORTH BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO- CHANDLER SPRAGUE, OF SAME PLAGE.-

Lettms Patent No. 102,048, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOEMAKERS EDGE-PLANES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of lthe same To all persons to whom these presents may come:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH HENRY SANFORD, oi North Bridgewater, in the oountyof Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoemakers Edge-Planes; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully-described in the following speciication, and represented in the accompanying drawings.

0f the said drawings- Igure 1 denotes a side elevation of' one of my ixnproved sole edge-planes.

Figure 2, a central and longitudinal section of the same; and

Figure 3, a top view of the handle, to be hereinafter described.

My invention has reference to that class of edgeplanes used by shoemakers in reducing, molding, and polishing the edges of the soles of boots and shoes, in which the molding and polishing edge or part of the implement is formed in two portions, viz: a cut- Vter and its adjustable gauge or guard; and

My invention consistsiu making the handle and the shank of the said toolin one piece of metal,l whereby a better and more durable connection of the parts is effected than is attained by the methods heretofore adopted.

In the said drawings- A denotes thekhandle of the implement, which is made hollow and has a long slot, a, made longitudinally through it.

The two leaves or parts b b of the handle are united at their upper ends by a connector, c, the lower ends thereof being connected with a shank or bedpiece, B, having the shape as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

The said parts Aand B are to be cast or formed' of one piece of iron or other suitable metal or composition of metals. 1

From the under lsurface of the said shank or bedpiece au arm or projection, d, extends downward at aright angle, and has au adjustable edge-guard or gauge, O, att-ached to its front face by means of a set-screw, c, which extends through' an elongated hole or slot, t, made through the gauge, and screws into the bed-piece, as seen in figs. 1 and 2, the said slot having such form, in order to allow the said gauge to be moved either toward or away from the cutter, as circumstances may require.

The said gauge Ois maintained, while being adjusted in its proper path of movement, by means of a guide or tongue formed on the shank and its arm d, as shown iu dotted lines iu gs. 1 and 2, such guide fitting into and sliding within a correspondingly-shaped groove made in the gauge. o

D is the curved cutter or knife, for reducing and molding the edge of a sole.

This cutter is attached to the shank or bed-piece by -means ofa set-screw, j, which extends through an elongated slot, g, formed inthe said shank, and works into a female screw, h, made in the contiguous or upper face of the cutter, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

The said cutter is so made and applied to the shank as to be readily applied thereto or removed therefrom as may be desirable either for being sharpened or otherwise.

It is also so connected with the said shank as to be adjustable with respect to the guard C, and whilebeing moved either toward or away from the said guard,

itis -guided and supported by means of a guide or tongue made on the vupper edge of the said knife, and sliding within a similar-shaped groove made in the bed-piece, as shown in dotted lines in lig. 1.

In using the said tool, a workman grasps it by the handle and applies the molding-edge against the edge of the sole to be reduced. By moving the same backward and forward over the edge of the sole, he will not only reduce the same to the shape required, but at the same time, or subsequently, polish or smooth it.

.An edge-plane, constructed in my improved manner, possesses important advantages over edge-planes as ordinarily made, in which the Shanks of the tools are inserted in wooden handlcs,-as by my mode of oonstruction, the shank of the tool can'not become loose or turn in its'haudle, but maintains a rm and unyielding connection therewith. Second, all the part-s of my said plane being composed of metal, there is little or no liability of its getting out of'order. Third, it is not only much more durable, but can be mannfactured as cheaply as others in the market for a like purpose.

I do not claim` making the molding and polishingsurface of an edge-plane in two parts; nor do I claim making either the cutter or its guard, or both, adjustable with respect to each other; nor the mode of fastening the cutter or the guard, as I'am aware that such is not new.

I claim- 1. A sole-edge plane having its handle A and shank or part B formed or cast in one piece of metal, substantially as set forth.

2. A sole-edge plane having all of its several parts A BO D made of metal, formed and constructed as described, and applied` together substantially as set forth ldritnesses:

CHANDLER SrnAGUE, CHARLES F. Srnvnsrnn.

J.- H. SANFORD. 

